Vettel secures Red Bull’s first win at Chinese Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel has claimed his second career win at the Shanghai International Circuit as rain and standing water made conditions difficult for the entire duration of the third race of 2009. It’s Red Bull’s first win in Formula 1 since their takeover of Jaguar at the end of 2004, and a 1-2 finish, with Mark [...]

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Tests begins at Jerez and Bahrain

Tuesday saw the latest pre-season tests begin with Toyota, Ferrari and BMW moving to Bahrain in the hope to avoid rain, and Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, McLaren and Renault sticking in Spain. Sebastien Buemi added to his huge amount of mileage in last year’s Toro Rosso, and finished top at Jerez with his 3 [...]

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Red Bull reveal the RB5 at Jerez

Red Bull Racing unveiled their 2009 car, the RB5, at Jerez on Monday, ahead of this week’s four day test at the circuit. Drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who has just about recovered from his broken leg, were present as Adrian Newey’s take on the 2009 regulations was presented to the media. The car [...]

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Sebastien Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed on Friday that Sebastien Bourdais will continue as a driver for the team in 2009. After many months of speculation about his future at the team, he narrowly avoided being replaced by Japan’s Takuma Sato. Bourdais had a difficult, and some might say, unlucky season with Toro Rosso in 2008. He [...]

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Buemi signed for Toro Rosso seat

Scuderia Toro Rosso officially confirmed on Friday that Sebastien Buemi has been signed for a race seat at the team for the 2009 season. He replaces Sebastian Vettel who moved to the Red Bull parent team alongside Mark Webber, in response to the retirement of David Coulthard. Since then, the Swiss driver, who took up [...]

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Vettel demotes Buemi at final test day of 2008

The final testing day of 2008 took place on Wednesday at both Jerez and the new Algarve circuit, with all the teams in action developing or starting to develop their 2009 car in preparation for the first car launches next month. At Jerez, Sebastian Vettel finally beat Sebastien Buemi to the fastest time for Red [...]

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Testing continues at Jerez and Algarve

Testing continued at both Jerez and the new Algarve circuit into Tuesday, with Red Bull and McLaren remaining on top as times improved from Monday. Sebastien Buemi was once again on top in an RB4, setting a best lap of 1:17.029 during his extended running, after stepping in for the injured Mark Webber. He was [...]

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Testing underway at Algarve and Jerez

The final test session of 2008 got underway today, with teams split between the location of the last test, the Jerez ciruit in Spain and the Internacional do Algarve in Portugal. The Algarve circuit, which was completed in October, held it’s first ever F1 test day. Only McLaren and Ferrari were in action at the [...]

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Red Bull buy back Toro Rosso

Red Bull owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, has bought back the 50% stake in Toro Rosso that he sold to Gerhard Berger in 2006. The deal means that Mateschitz and Red Bull now have complete control over Toro Rosso. The move goes against the Austrian’s former plans for the team, where he intended to sell his stake [...]

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Mark Webber breaks leg in cycling accident

Red Bull Racing’s first driver, Mark Webber, has broken his leg in a cycling accident whilst taking part in his own charity event, The Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge. Webber was involved in one of the cycling activities as part of the five-day event when he collided head-on with a car. The Australian was airlifted [...]

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